KR101537702B1 - Image photographing device and method for generating image file thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for temporarily storing a moving picture file by using a camera for photographing a moving picture, a moving picture file using the moving picture being picked up, detecting information related to the temporarily generated moving picture file, A control unit for generating a new moving image file using the temporarily generated moving image file, and a memory for storing the new moving image file, and a method for generating a moving image file of the image photographing apparatus.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating a moving picture file,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a video photographing apparatus for photographing a moving picture and generating a digital moving picture file, and a moving picture file generating method for the video photographing apparatus.

The image capturing device refers to an electronic device that stores a moving image and a sound in an internal storage device. As an example of a video recording device, a camcorder is a name in which a cam of a video camera and a recorder of a video cassette recorder are combined into one name, and a portable recording medium having a function of simultaneously recording a moving image and a sound It is an electronic device. The image photographing apparatus may mean a mobile phone, a mobile terminal, or the like equipped with a video photographing function in addition to the camcorder.

Such a video image pickup apparatus is changing from a VTR (Video Tape Recorder) of a conventional analog system to a digital system. The digital image capturing device stores the captured video in a memory in the form of a digital file.

On the other hand, web pages are available for users to upload their videos by using the internet network. These web pages limit the size of uploadable videos themselves due to problems such as server load.

When a user of the video shooting apparatus wants to upload a video shot by himself / herself, the video shot himself / herself must be edited in accordance with the operating regulations of the web page. Such video editing usually requires a lot of time and CPU resources of the computer do.

A user of the image photographing apparatus needs to consider a method for easily uploading a moving image in order to upload a moving image captured by the user.

The present invention is to provide a video photographing apparatus and a video photographing apparatus generating method for allowing a user of a video photographing apparatus to easily upload a video photographed by the user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for generating a moving image file of a video photographing apparatus, comprising the steps of: temporarily generating a moving image file using a moving image being captured; And generating and storing a new moving image file using the temporarily generated moving image file if the temporarily generated moving image file satisfies a predetermined condition.

In one aspect of the present invention, the predetermined condition may include a size of the moving image file or a playback time.

In another aspect of the present invention, the creating step may be a step of temporarily creating a video file that is contiguous with a previously stored video file.

In another aspect of the present invention, in the case where the new moving picture file is a moving picture file continuous with the previously stored moving picture file, the new moving picture file has a file name that shares at least one or more character strings with the file name of the previously stored moving picture file .

In yet another aspect of the present invention, the method may further include setting a condition associated with the moving picture file.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the setting step includes: receiving an input for selecting an Internet web page to which the stored moving image file is to be uploaded; receiving a condition related to the moving image file corresponding to the selected Internet web page And setting a setting step.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a video photographing apparatus including a camera for capturing a moving image, a moving image file generating unit for temporarily generating a moving image file using the moving image, A control unit for generating a new moving image file using the temporarily generated moving image file when the temporarily generated moving image file satisfies a predetermined condition, and a memory for storing the new moving image file, .

In one aspect of the present invention, the predetermined condition may include a size of the moving image file or a playback time.

In another aspect of the present invention, the control unit may temporarily generate a motion picture file continuous with the previously stored motion picture file.

In another aspect of the present invention, when the new moving picture file is a moving picture file that is contiguous with the previously stored moving picture file, the control unit displays a file that shares at least one or more character strings with the file name of the previously stored moving picture file You can assign a name to a new video.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a user input unit for receiving an input for setting a condition related to the moving picture file, and the control unit may set a condition related to the moving picture file according to the input.

In yet another aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a user input unit for receiving an input for selecting an Internet web page to which the stored moving image file is to be uploaded, Conditions can be set.

A computer-readable recording medium according to another embodiment of the present invention for realizing the above-described problems may record a program for performing a method of generating a moving image file of a video photographing apparatus.

The image capturing apparatus according to at least one embodiment of the present invention configured as described above generates a video file optimized for a web page to which a moving image is to be uploaded so that the user can easily upload the movie captured by the user to the web page have.

Hereinafter, a mobile terminal related to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

The image capturing apparatus described in the present specification may be applied to a camera module such as a camcorder, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player) And may be implemented in the form of an electronic device capable of image capturing.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a video photographing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a video photographing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The image capturing apparatus 100 includes a moving image capturing unit 110, a user input unit 120, an output unit 130, a memory 140, a control unit 150, an interface unit 160, a power supply unit 170, . The components shown in FIG. 1 are not essential, so that the imaging device 100 having more or fewer components may be implemented.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The moving image capturing unit 110 captures an image from outside the image capturing apparatus 100 and converts the captured image into a digital signal and / or an analog signal. The moving picture capturing unit 110 may include a camera 111 and a microphone 112.

The camera 111 generates an image frame such as a still image or a moving image obtained by the image sensor. The generated image frame can be displayed on the display unit 141. [

The image frame generated by the camera 111 can be stored in the memory 150 or transmitted to the outside via the interface unit 170. [ At least two cameras 111 may be provided depending on the use environment.

The microphone 112 receives an external sound signal by a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed audio data may be output through the audio output module 142. [ The microphone 112 may be implemented with various noise reduction algorithms for eliminating noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 120 receives an input signal for the user to control the operation of the image photographing apparatus. The user input unit 120 may include a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The user can perform photographing of the image photographing device, storage of the photographed image, editing of the photographed image, adjustment of settings of the image photographing device, and the like through the user input unit 120.

The output unit 130 is for generating output related to visual, auditory or tactile sense, and may include a display unit 131, an audio output module 132, and the like.

The display unit 131 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display display, and a 3D display.

There may be two or more display units 131 according to the embodiment of the image display apparatus 100. For example, in the image display apparatus 100, a plurality of display units may be spaced apart from one another or may be disposed integrally with each other, or may be disposed on different surfaces.

(Hereinafter, referred to as a 'touch screen') in which a display unit 131 and a sensor (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch sensor') that detects a touch operation form a mutual layer structure, It can also be used as an input device. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific part of the display part 131 or a capacitance generated in a specific part of the display part 151 into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor can be configured to detect not only the position and area to be touched but also the pressure at the time of touch.

The sound output module 132 may output sound related to the moving image photographed by the image photographing apparatus 100 or may output sounds related to the operation state of the image photographing apparatus 100. [ The sound output module 132 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The memory 140 may store a program for the operation of the controller 150, and may temporarily store a temporarily generated video file.

The memory 140 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (e.g., SD or XD memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM A disk, and / or an optical disk.

The controller 180 typically controls the overall operation of the image capturing apparatus 100. For example, related control and processing for image shooting, editing, and the like.

The interface unit 160 serves as a path for communication with all the external devices connected to the image capturing apparatus 100. The interface unit 160 receives data from an external device or supplies power to each component in the image capturing apparatus 100 or allows data in the image capturing apparatus 100 to be transmitted to an external apparatus. For example, a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio I / O port, A video input / output (I / O) port, an earphone port, and the like may be included in the interface unit 160.

The power supply unit 170 receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller 150 and supplies power required for operation of the respective components.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of a processor, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and other electronic units for performing other functions. In some cases, The embodiments described may be implemented by the control unit 150 itself.

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as the procedures and functions described herein may be implemented with separate software modules. Each of the software modules may perform one or more of the functions and operations described herein. Software code can be implemented in a software application written in a suitable programming language. The software code is stored in the memory 140 and can be executed by the control unit 150. [

As shown in Fig. 1, the camera 111 takes a moving picture and generates a digital signal.

The control unit 150 temporarily generates a moving image file using the moving image. The temporarily generated moving image file may be temporarily stored in the memory 140. [ The moving image file temporarily generated by the camera 111 may be added to the moving image file as the camera 111 photographs the moving image, and the size or the reproduction time may be increased.

The control unit 150 may detect information related to the temporarily generated video file. The information related to the temporarily generated video file may include the size or playback time of the temporarily generated video file. Since the size or the playback time of the temporarily generated moving image file may change as the camera 111 captures the moving image, the controller 150 periodically detects the information associated with the temporarily generated moving image file can do.

The controller 150 may use the sensed information to determine whether the temporarily stored video file meets predetermined conditions. The predetermined condition may include a size or a reproduction time of the moving picture file. For example, when the size of the temporarily stored video file is equal to or greater than a predetermined capacity, the controller 150 may determine that the predetermined condition is satisfied. Alternatively, when the size of the temporarily stored video file is equal to or longer than a predetermined playback time, the controller 150 may determine that the predetermined condition is satisfied.

The control unit 150 may generate a new moving image file using the temporarily generated moving image file if the temporarily stored moving image file satisfies a predetermined condition. For example, when the size of the temporarily stored video file is equal to or greater than a preset capacity, the controller 150 controls the controller 150 to store the same video file as the temporarily- File can be generated.

If the controller 150 generates a video file using the temporarily generated video file, the controller 150 deletes the temporarily generated video file and temporarily generate a new video file using the video being captured .

The control unit 150 may temporarily generate a moving image file that is contiguous with the previously stored moving image file. For example, when the control unit 150 generates a moving image file using a moving image composed of frames from the first frame to the 100th frame generated using the photographed moving image, Can be temporarily stored. (The frames are sequentially numbered by the time taken)

If the new moving picture file is a moving picture file that is contiguous with the previously stored moving picture file, the controller 150 may assign a new moving picture file name that shares at least one or more character strings with the file name of the previously stored moving picture file .

For example, it is assumed that a plurality of movie files have been created, and the plurality of movie files have been created due to shooting of one movie. In this case, the plurality of moving picture files may have a file name that shares at least one character string. That is, a plurality of movie files have file names that share at least one character string "movie" such as "movie (1) .mpg", "movie (2) .mpg", "movie .

The control unit 150 may set a condition related to the moving picture file according to an input received through the user input unit 120. [

The control unit 150 may set a condition related to a moving picture file corresponding to the selected web page according to a signal for selecting an Internet web page to which the stored moving picture file inputted through the user input unit 120 is to be uploaded.

As shown in FIG. 1, the memory 140 may temporarily store the temporarily generated file or store a new video file.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of generating a moving picture file of a video photographing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the image capturing apparatus 100 may set a condition related to a moving image file (S110). In setting the condition, the image capturing apparatus 100 may set a condition by an input received by a user.

The image capturing apparatus 100 may temporarily generate a moving image file using the moving image (S120). The image capturing apparatus 100 may temporarily generate a moving image file that is continuous with the previously stored moving image file.

The image capturing apparatus 100 may detect information associated with a temporarily generated video file (S130). The information associated with the temporarily generated video file may include a size or a playback time of the video file.

The image capturing apparatus 100 may use the sensed information to determine whether the temporarily generated video file satisfies predetermined conditions (S140). If the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the image capturing apparatus may continuously generate a video file using the moving image and detect information related to the temporarily generated video file (S120 to S130 ). The image capturing apparatus 100 may periodically detect information related to a temporarily generated video file (S130).

If the sensed information satisfies a preset condition, the image capturing apparatus 100 can generate and store a new video file using the temporarily generated video file (S150). When the video image shooting apparatus 100 stores a new moving image file, if the new moving image file is a moving image file that is contiguous with the previously stored moving image file, the image photographing apparatus 100 displays the file name of the previously stored moving image file And a file name that shares at least one or more strings with the new video.

The image capturing apparatus 100 may generate and store a new moving image file, and then temporarily generate a moving image file that is contiguous with the previously stored moving image file using the moving image being captured (S160). When the continuous moving picture file is temporarily generated, the moving picture photographing apparatus 100 may temporarily generate a moving picture file continuous with the previously generated moving picture file.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of generating a moving picture file of a video photographing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The image capturing apparatus 100 may receive an input for selecting an Internet web page to which the moving image is to be uploaded. The image capturing apparatus 100 may map a moving image size or a reproduction time reference corresponding to a moving image restriction condition of each Internet web page. The moving image size or the reproduction time reference may be set at the time of manufacturing the image capturing apparatus 100 or may be set by the user or the image capturing apparatus 100 may be connected to the web page to receive Quot ;.

The image capturing apparatus 100 may set conditions related to the video file corresponding to the selected web page (S212). The description of steps S220 to S260 is replaced with the description of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a user setting a condition related to a moving picture file in a video photographing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the image capturing apparatus 100 can display a list of web pages that the user wants to upload and capture a moving image on the display unit 131.

When the image capturing apparatus 100 outputs a list of web pages, the image capturing apparatus 100 may display a video restriction condition of the web page.

The user of the image capturing apparatus 100 may set any web page among the displayed web page list or may not display any web page displayed in order to set the condition by himself / herself.

When the user selects one of the web pages displayed on the display unit 131, the image photographing apparatus 100 searches for a condition mapped to the selected web page. The image capturing apparatus 100 may set the searched condition as a condition to be used when generating the moving image file.

FIGS. 5A to 5C are diagrams showing a state in which the image photographing apparatus generates a moving image file.

As shown in FIG. 5A, when the moving image photographing apparatus 100 photographs a moving image, the moving image photographing apparatus 100 may display an icon A on the display unit 131 indicating that the moving image is captured and stored.

The image capturing apparatus 100 may display on the display unit 131 an icon B indicating the name of the video file to be stored in order to capture a moving image and save the moving image file.

The image capturing apparatus 100 may temporarily generate a video file using the moving image and may display an icon C on the display unit 131 to display information related to the temporarily generated moving image.

The icon (C) for displaying the information related to the temporarily generated moving image may display the size or the reproduction time of the temporarily generated moving image.

The image capturing apparatus 100 can display a moving image being photographed on the display unit 131. Thus, the user can check the moving picture being taken and can take a picture.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the temporarily generated moving image may increase in size or playback time as the shooting continues.

When the moving image generated by the moving image photographing apparatus 100 increases in size or reproduction time of the moving image temporarily generated, the moving image generating apparatus 100 temporarily generates It is possible to generate a moving image file using the moving image.

In this case, the image photographing apparatus 100 may indicate that the moving image being temporarily photographed satisfies predetermined conditions.

As shown in FIG. 5C, the image capturing apparatus 100 may generate and store a moving image file, and temporarily generate a moving image file using the moving image. The newly generated moving image file may be given a name related to the previously generated moving image file.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the above-described method can be implemented as a code that can be read by a processor on a medium on which the program is recorded. Examples of the medium that can be read by the processor include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, etc., and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet) .

The above-described embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Some of which may be selectively combined.

1 is a block diagram of a video photographing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart illustrating a method for generating a moving image file of a video image photographing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of generating a moving picture file of a video photographing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a view showing a user setting a condition related to a moving picture file in a video photographing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 5A to 5C are diagrams showing a state in which the video photographing apparatus generates a moving image file. FIG.

Claims (13)

Temporarily creating a moving image file using the moving image; Detecting information related to the temporarily generated video file; Generating and storing a new moving image file using the temporarily generated moving image file if the temporarily generated moving image file satisfies a preset condition; And Setting a condition associated with the moving picture file, The step of setting the condition includes: Receiving an input for selecting an Internet web page to which the stored moving picture file is to be uploaded; And setting a condition related to a video file corresponding to the selected Internet web page. The method according to claim 1, Preferably, And a size of the video file or a playback time of the video file. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the generating comprises: A method of generating a moving picture file of a video image pickup apparatus, which is a step of temporarily creating a moving picture file continuous with a previously stored moving picture file. The method of claim 3, The new moving picture file, In the case of a moving picture file continuous with the previously stored moving picture file, And a file name that shares at least one or more character strings with the file name of the previously stored moving image file. delete delete A camera for photographing a moving picture; Wherein the control unit temporarily creates a moving image file using the moving image and detects information related to the temporarily generated moving image file and if the temporarily generated moving image file satisfies a predetermined condition, A control unit for generating a new moving image file using the moving image file; A memory for storing the new moving picture file; And Further comprising a user input unit for receiving an input for selecting an Internet web page to upload the stored moving image file, Wherein, And sets a condition related to a video file corresponding to the selected Internet web page. 8. The method of claim 7, Preferably, And a size or a reproduction time of the moving picture file. 8. The method of claim 7, Wherein, A video recording apparatus for temporarily generating a video file and a continuous video file stored in advance. 10. The method of claim 9, Wherein, If the new moving picture file is a moving picture file continuous with the previously stored moving picture file, And gives a file name of the previously stored movie file and a file name that shares at least one or more character strings to the new movie. 8. The method of claim 7, Wherein the user input unit comprises: Receiving an input for setting a condition associated with the moving picture file, Wherein, And sets a condition related to the moving picture file in accordance with the input. delete A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing a method of generating a moving picture file of a video photographing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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